Experimental Study on Equivalent Strength of Induced Joints with consideration to Influence of Concrete Strength, Inducer Spacing, and Concrete Age by Xiaofei Zhang, Peipei Wei, Xin Zhang, Tao Yan, Gangfeng Zheng, Wenwei Zhang

“…To prevent the occurrence of temperature cracking, the induced joints of dams are typically arranged to reduce the tensile strength and orderly guide the crack to form at an induced joint, which can protect the dam structure. The state of the joint surface and the equivalent strength and arrangement of the induced joints have important practical significance for preventing the disorderly cracking of the dam. …”
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Comparative Genomics and Adaptive Evolution of <i>Bifidobacterium adolescentis</i> in Geographically Distinct Human Gut Populations by Pei Fu, Hao Qi, Wenjun Liu

“…The pan-gene exhibited an open structure, reflecting the substantial genetic diversity within <i>B. adolescentis</i>. …”
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Prognostic Classification of Early Ovarian Cancer Based on very Low Dimensionality Adaptive Texture Feature Vectors from Cell Nuclei from Monolayers and Histological Sections by Birgitte Nielsen, Fritz Albregtsen, Wanja Kildal, Håvard E. Danielsen

“…In order to study the prognostic value of quantifying the chromatin structure of cell nuclei from patients with early ovarian cancer, low dimensionality adaptive fractal and Gray Level Cooccurrence Matrix texture feature vectors were extracted from nuclei images of monolayers and histological sections. …”
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Protection Strategies for Coastal Reclamation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area from the Perspective of Flood Risk by WANG Jiangbo, ZHENG Jiaqi, ZHENG Xiaoyan, GOU Aiping

“…By extracting the spatial structure of coastal reclamation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area from remote sensing images, it investigates the scale, spatial distribution, reclamation intensity, and land use conversion patterns of coastal reclamation areas. …”
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Springback Characteristics of Cylindrical Bending of Tailor Rolled Blanks by Li-Feng Fan, Jianjun Gou, Ge Wang, Ying Gao

“…As a new type of variable thickness sheet structure, the TRB (tailor rolled blank) has good prospects for the development of lightweight materials in the automotive industry. …”
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Building care gerontotechnologies in the context of elderly person with Alzheimer's disease by Francine Casarin, Francisco Fernandes, Rosiane Filipin Rangel, Daiane Porto Gautério-Abreu, Oclaris Lopes Munhoz, Silomar Ilha

“…Data was gathered from the family caregivers using a semi-structured interview. Three focus groups were held with the academics. …”
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Modeling the Propagation of Mobile Phone Virus under Complex Network by Wei Yang, Xi-liang Wei, Hao Guo, Gang An, Lei Guo, Yu Yao

“…Based on the traditional epidemic models, the characteristics of mobile phone viruses and the network topology structure are incorporated into our models. A detailed analysis is conducted to analyze the propagation models. …”
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Mesoporous Co@MCM-41 catalyst for stable ethane dehydrogenation by Xiufang Wang, Yufeng Li, Wenda Yu, Yuebing Xu, Bing Liu, Xiaohao Liu

“…Various characterizations suggested that Co species were also dispersed in an atomical level in the MCM-41 zeolite with a reduction-resistant –Coδ+–Oδ-– structure, which, therefore, ensures its high selectivity to ethylene (∼100 %). …”
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Adapting to vision changes: nighttime driving experiences of older adults by Christopher R.M. Rundus, Dominique Rose, Fangda Zhang, Sean Brown, Jingzhen Yang, Jingzhen Yang

“…IntroductionThis qualitative study explored older adults’ perspectives and experiences of nighttime driving, focusing on age-related vision changes.MethodsWe conducted virtual, semi-structured interviews with active drivers aged 60 or older from central Ohio. …”
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Transformational leadership and scientific research performance of university faculty: a self-determination theory perspective by Shihan Zhang, Aida Hanim A. Hamid, Bity Salwana Alias

“…From the perspective of self-determination theory (SDT), this study examined the correlation between transformational leadership and the scientific research performance of university faculty in Hunan Province, China, while also assessing the mediating effect of proactive work behavior. A structured questionnaire survey was administered to 470 university faculty members, and the data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 27.0 and IBM SPSS Amos 24 software. …”
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Ultrasound and glycosylation modifications enhance the physicochemical and functional properties of canola protein isolate for O/W emulsion stabilization by Ziqin Ye, Jinying Wang, Guilan Ma, Jinge Ma

“…Sonication was found to increase the surface hydrophobicity resulting from the unfolding structure of CPI. The dual-modified U-G-CPI with 27.69 % glycosylation showed a solubility of 90.26 %, and an emulsification capacity of 80.87 m2/g. …”
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Strategies for delivering drugs across the blood-brain barrier for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases by Xiaopei Zhang, Xiaopei Zhang, Manfei Fu, Yuanfei Wang, Tong Wu, Tong Wu

“…A detailed introduction of the structure and function of BBB was given based on the mechanism of BBB, while comparing with the pathological changes of BBB in neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs), including activation of endothelial cells, the loose of tight junction and increase of BBB permeability. …”
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Biochar-based catalytic upgrading of plastic waste into liquid fuels towards sustainability by Fanghua Li, Ning Wang, Xin He, Mingyue Deng, Xiangzhou Yuan, Huiyan Zhang, Ange Nzihou, Daniel C. W. Tsang, Chi-Hwa Wang, Yong Sik Ok

“…In recent years, biochar-based catalysts (BBCs) have attracted increasing attention for their cost-effectiveness, well-developed pore structure, and effective surface functional groups in catalytic conversions of plastic waste into fuels. …”
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Vesicourachal diverticulum in a Santa Ines lamb: a rare congenital anomaly by Camila Angela Marques, Otávio Luiz Fidelis Junior, Jéssica Diniz Stein, Alvaro de Paula Lage de Oliveira, Adriano Lima Stelzer Bindaco, Mayra Cunha Flecher, Thaís Gomes Rocha

“…Necropsy revealed 8 liters of peritoneal fluid and a conical structure with approximately 1 cm diameter located at the apex of the bladder that was ruptured. …”
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Parametric Simulation Study of Liquid Film Cooling of Hydrocarbon Liquid Rocket Engine by Huixin Yang, Haoyu Zou, Zeming Song, Wenhao Yu

“…The hydrocarbon liquid rocket engine working environment is harsh; the thrust chamber needs to withstand high temperatures and a high-pressure working environment, and the thrust chamber wall material is difficult to bear, so it is necessary to design the cooling structure to reduce the gas damage to the chamber wall. …”
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Inhibition of Adhesion of Staphylococcus Bacteria on Mesh Implants in Combination with Biocides (in vitro) by M. V. Kuznetsova, A. A. Parshakov, E. V. Afanasyevskaya, V. A. Samartsev

“…Staphylococcus cells adhered to the surface of implant fragments without treatment with biocides within a few hours, and there was no significant effect on the adhesion of the structure or chemical composition of the fiber. Short-term exposure of implants to the solutions of amoxiclav (100 μg/ml) and chlorhexidine (0.5%) led to inhibition of bacterial growth and contamination of the surface for at least two days. …”
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Objective Evaluation of a New Epidural Simulator by the CompuFlo® Epidural Instrument by Giorgio Capogna, Alessandra Coccoluto, Emanuele Capogna, Angelica Del Vecchio

“…In this study, we describe a custom-made new epidural simulator, created by modifying the inner structure of a commercially available one, in the attempt to make it adequately realistic. …”
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High-Performance terahertz patch antenna with metamaterials for advanced 6G and biomedical technologies by Younes Siraj, Youssef Khardioui, Kaoutar Saidi Alaoui, Jaouad Foshi

“…This paper explores the improvement of terahertz patch antenna performance using metamaterials (MTM) for 6G and biomedical systems. The suggested structure is a slotted patch antenna with a partial ground. …”
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On the way to becoming like anyone else. The experiences of being involved in their care - an interview study with adult patients with ADHD by Petra HS Becker, A. Birgitta Gunnarsson, Mikael Rask, Jalal Safipour

“…The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences adults with ADHD have of being involved in their care. Fifteen semi structured in-depth interviews were conducted. The data were analyzed with qualitative latent content analysis that revealed one major theme: “Becoming someone like anyone else” and three sub-themes “Being connected”, “Finding a place in companionship” and “Pathways to participation in care”. …”
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A Semianalytical Approach for Free Vibration Characteristics of Functionally Graded Spherical Shell Based on First-Order Shear Deformation Theory by Fuzhen Pang, Cong Gao, Jie Cui, Yi Ren, Haichao Li, Hongcheng Wang

“…The impacts of geometric dimensions and boundary conditions on the vibration characteristics of FG spherical shell structure are also presented.…”
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